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Clark Terry

1920 - 2015

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Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator. He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51), Duke Ellington (1951–59), Quincy Jones (1960), and Oscar Peterson (1964–96). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clark Terry has received more than 476,620 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Clark Terry is the 1,129th most popular musician (down from 1,021st in 2019), the 5,523rd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,054th in 2019) and the 414th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 480k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Clark Terry ranks 1,129 out of 2,662Before him are Red Garland, Ronnie Drew, Gram Parsons, Moya Brennan, Andrew Latimer, and Gina Bachauer. After him are Harry James, Tom Hamilton, Scott Travis, Glyn Johns, Bruce Kulick, and Tomasz Stańko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Clark Terry ranks 251Before him are Anna Langfus, Augusto da Costa, Maxi Herber, George London, Constant Nieuwenhuys, and Wayne Thiebaud. After him are Hilmar Baunsgaard, Clemar Bucci, Putra of Perlis, Sergio Livingstone, Richard Quine, and Rosemary Sutcliff. Among people deceased in 2015, Clark Terry ranks 232Before him are Karl-Erik Palmér, Dusty Rhodes, Henry Carr, Nicholas Liverpool, Ninón Sevilla, and Julio Terrazas Sandoval. After him are Roger Rees, Miroslav Ondříček, Danièle Delorme, Eduardo Guerrero, Bülent Ulusu, and Wayne Rogers.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Clark Terry ranks 5,523 out of 18,182Before him are Edwin Frederick O'Brien (1939), Niles Eldredge (1943), Muhtar Kent (1952), Richard Hatch (1945), Nancy Olson (1928), and William B. Travis (1809). After him are Bobby Bland (1930), Harry James (1916), Tom Hamilton (1951), Barbara La Marr (1896), Scott Travis (1961), and Paul Morrissey (1938).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Clark Terry ranks 414Before him are Gene Clark (1944), Matt Sorum (1960), Donald Fagen (1948), Kate Pierson (1948), Red Garland (1923), and Gram Parsons (1946). After him are Harry James (1916), Tom Hamilton (1951), Scott Travis (1961), Bruce Kulick (1953), David Ellefson (1964), and Stan Kenton (1911).